Nicholas Hatsopoulos

Departmental website:
https://oba.bsd.uchicago.edu/
Lab website:
https://hatsopouloslab.uchicago.edu/

Nicholas Hatsopoulos, PhD, studies the neural basis of motor control and learning. His lab is investigating how specific aspects of movement are encoded in the nervous system, and how this information is represented in the collective activity of cells in the motor cortex of the brain.

Nicholas Hatsopoulos

  • Title: Professor of Organismal Biology and Anatomy
  • Education: BA, Williams College; MS, PhD, both from Brown University
  • Joined UChicago faculty: 2002
  • nicho@uchicago.edu

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Senior Science Writer, University of Chicago Medical Center

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Hatsopoulos Stories

UChicago researchers re-create sense of touch and motor control in paralyzed patient Scott Imbrie wears a VR headset

UChicago researchers re-create sense of touch and motor control in paralyzed patient

$3.4 million grant to support development of brain-controlled prosthetic limbs Prosthetics

$3.4 million grant to support development of brain-controlled prosthetic limbs

Scientists discuss: Does man or machine have the upper hand? Four people seated in chairs on a stage

Scientists discuss: Does man or machine have the upper hand?

Adding sensory stimulus via robotic arm improves performance of brain–controlled device Diagram of experiment

Adding sensory stimulus via robotic arm improves performance of brain–controlled device

Wired to the Brain of a Rat, a Robot Takes On the World

Wired to the Brain of a Rat, a Robot Takes On the World